Fresh
This Harold Lloyd high-class low comedy has thrills as well as guffaws.
Variety Staff, Variety
Safety Last!
You're Going to Explode With "Safety Laughs" when You see This Fun Bomb.
1923 · 1h 13m · Not Rated
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer
,
Sam Taylor
Overview
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Director and cast
- Fred C. Newmeyer Director
- Sam Taylor Director
- Harold Lloyd as The Boy / Harold Lloyd
- Mildred Davis as The Girl
- Bill Strother as The Pal
- Noah Young as The Law
- Westcott Clarke as The Floorwalker
- Roy Brooks as Man Laughing from Window
- Mickey Daniels as Newsboy with Freckles
- Richard Daniels as Worker with Acetylene Torch
- Ray Erlenborn as Newsboy with Cap
- William Gillespie Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The clock-hanging climax that caps this generally charming tale of a country boy out to make his fortune in the big city is a superb example of his ability to mix suspense and slapstick.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
The Glasses character in Safety Last would have blended with the background of the department store where he worked if it had not been for action imposed upon him. But what action!
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The other great silent comics defined their own worlds; Lloyd lives dangerously in ours.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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